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The Formation of Simultaneous Radio Astronomical Images and Spectra by Electro-Optic Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

D. J. McLean*
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney

Extract

This communication describes techniques, new to radio astronomy, which permit the analysis of electrical signals at radio-frequencies by optical methods.

Two applications will be described: the first is to a spectrograph which gives the instantaneous power spectrum of a single broad-band electrical signal; the second is to the analysis of the signals from a number of aerials of an array in order to form a simultaneous image of the brightness distribution of the region of the sky under observation.

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Contributions
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1967

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